Thousands of skeletons found in London burial pit were victims of a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away. By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 13:30 GMT, 5 August 2012 | Updated: 14:32 GMT, 5 August 2012 Archeologists who discovered thousands of skeletons in a mass London grave believe they were the victims of a 13th Century volcanic eruption which took place thousands of miles away.
The remains were found at Spitalfields Market, in east London, during the early 1990s and experts assumed they had died during the Black Death or the Great Famine. However, following radiocarbon dating of the bones and further geological research, scientists have come to the conclusion that they were in fact victims of a 13th century volcanic eruption - one of the largest eruptions of the past 10,000 years. Explosive findings: Experts lift the lid of a coffin discovered during the Spitalfields Market excavation It is believed as many as 15,000 people in London could have perished. Are they by Vin Gogh? Detailed portraits created using spilt red WINE.
By Suzannah Hills Published: 11:28 GMT, 3 August 2012 | Updated: 11:28 GMT, 3 August 2012 A spilt glass of red wine would normally spell disaster but this skilled artist uses her favourite beverage to make detailed portraits.
Wine lover Amelia Fais Harnas creates her artwork by first drawing in wax before pouring layers of wine on top. She creates the portraits on pieces of white cotton and adds six or seven layers of wine to achieve light and dark shades. Y-12 complex: Nun Megan Rice and two others arrested after allegedly breaking into Oak Ridge Tennessee nuclear facility. Megan Rice, 82, was one of three to allegedly break into heavily guarded nuclear facility in TennesseeY-12 complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, holds nation's only facility for weapons-grade uraniumRice and two men said to be activists against nuclear use; spokesperson for organisation said they spilled blood on uranium before their arrestsFacility shut down until at least next week By Beth Stebner and Reuters Reporter Published: 05:12 GMT, 3 August 2012 | Updated: 07:14 GMT, 3 August 2012 Arrested: Megan Rice, an 82-year-old nun, was one of three who allegedly broke into a nuclear facility Two men and an 82-year-old nun allegedly broke into the U.S. government's only facility for handling, processing and storing weapons-grade uranium, government officials said Thursday.
Is this the real Nessie? Skipper claims to have snapped 'best ever' picture of the Loch Ness Monster which 'proves the underwater beast exists' George Edwards has hunted Nessie for 26 years and holds tours of the Loch He even says image was verified by team of US military monster expertsA Nessie sighting specialist has backed his claims, adding: 'It proves Nessie is definitely NOT a sturgeon' By Matt Blake Published: 09:51 GMT, 3 August 2012 | Updated: 13:22 GMT, 3 August 2012 He has dedicated more than two decades of his life to the hunt for the elusive Loch Ness monster, spending 60 hours a week on the water.
And now George Edwards believes he has finally fulfilled his ambition of spotting 'Nessie'; he even photographic evidence to prove it. Mr Edwards, who has spent 26 years on his quest, managed to capture this image of a dark hump slinking in and out of the lake's waters from the deck of his boat, Nessie Hunter, before it vanished back into the deep. He claims the picture is the best-ever taken of the Loch Ness Monster and proves once and for all that the elusive leviathan exists - and is definitely not a sturgeon. In 1938, G. Stagecoaches, outhouses and general stores: Inside the preserved American ghost town left untouched for almost 70 years. By James Nye Published: 18:08 GMT, 2 August 2012 | Updated: 07:02 GMT, 3 August 2012 Covered in decades worth of cobwebs and left to a slow decay, Steins, New Mexico looks like the very definition of an American ghost town in the searing desert heat.
Originally a coal depot for the Southern Pacific Railroad, Steins was essentially abandoned overnight when the railroad switched to diesel fuel in the mid 1940's. As the saloons, general stores and bordello's closed, the towns 1,000 or so people left their belongings as they were, gathering dust and fading away for the past 70 years.
Steins Mercantile, in Steins, New Mexico which was abandoned almost overnight in 1944 when the town was no longer required to act as a coal depot for the Southern Pacific Railroad Becoming famous for being the abandoned railroad town, Steins attracted tourists from the Interstate 10 until it was purchased by New Mexico, Steins enthusiast Larry Link. New craze for cupcake cocktails - caketails - sweeps London, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. By Martha De Lacey Published: 09:29 GMT, 1 August 2012 | Updated: 15:31 GMT, 1 August 2012 Cake?
Powerful new drug eases pain and inflammation of arthritis sufferers. By Leon Watson.
Mars fever set to take over the world: Parties planned across the globe to see if Curiosity survives its 'seven minutes or terror' descent (and it will even be shown on the big screen in Times Square) Paintings of brain by neuroscientist Greg Dunn inspired by Japanese drawing style Sumi-e. By Beth Stebner Published: 02:15 GMT, 3 August 2012 | Updated: 10:31 GMT, 3 August 2012 In matters of the brain, art and science have always been inexplicably connected.
Greg Dunn, who received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania in 2011, explores that connection, painting images of the hippocampus, cortex, and neurons. Underwater photographer reveals INCREDIBLE picture of alien-like ocean sunfish that became Internet sensation. By Snejana Farberov Published: 03:54 GMT, 2 August 2012 | Updated: 20:59 GMT, 2 August 2012 You never know what you're going to find in an old folder: a long-forgotten Polaroid snapshot, a yellowed love letter, or in the case of a Brazilian underwater photographer, a rare image of a moon-shaped giant fish taken two years prior.
The image depicting the slow-moving, otherworldly Mola mola, or sunfish, was captured off San Diego by Daniel Botelho, and it became an instant hit after being posted last week on his Facebook page. ‘It got 1,000 'likes' in 36 hours,’ Botelho, an award-winning photojournalist who specializes in underwater photography, told GrindTV. Scientists discover new species of 'blind snake' in Brazilian river (and please stop sniggering at the back) By Eddie Wrenn Published: 15:46 GMT, 1 August 2012 | Updated: 19:05 GMT, 1 August 2012 Forgive us if this puts you off your dinner because, as snakes go, this is not much of a charmer.
The unique creature, atretochoana eiselti, was found after engineers drained a hydroelectric dam which spans a river connected to the Amazon. Biologists discovered six of the unusual-looking creatures - each about a metre long - at the bottom of the river-bed on the Madeira river in Rondonia, in Brazil. This blind snake might look a little disgusting, but it is an exciting discovery for scientists, who believe it is closely related to salamanders and frogs Atretochoana eiselti is blind and has been spotted near the mouth of the Amazon river, in warm and fast-flowing water The creatures were discovered in November, however it took until today for scientists to correctly classify the snake's genus - confirming it is a rare creature which has only been spotted sporadically since first spotted in 1968. Amazing website This Is Now shows live stream of every Instagram picture uploaded in major cities.
Site shows some of the estimated five million photos uploaded to Instagram every dayInnovative new use for the web site which Facebook bought for $1bnPrivacy concerns have been raised over the site even though it uses pictures uploaded to the public Instagram service By Hugo Gye and Mark Prigg Published: 03:38 GMT, 3 August 2012 | Updated: 21:16 GMT, 3 August 2012 The internet has allowed us to take a closer look at each others' lives in a way that has never before been possible. And now a new website has taken that ethos to an extreme, by providing a live feed of every single picture uploaded to photo-sharing service Instagram from five major cities. The effect could be chillingly invasive - but instead, the stream of colourful images combine into a beautiful art project. A snapshot of London: The site takes images uploaded from the capital and shows them as a giant photo mosaic The site, called This Is Now, hosts Instagram feeds from New York, London, Sydney, Tokyo and Sao Paulo.
'Mother cells' that drive growth of cancer tumours discovered by scientists. These cells are thought to be resistant to chemotherapy and radiotherapy and could explain why cancer becomes resistant to treatment By Fiona Macrae Published: 17:00 GMT, 1 August 2012 | Updated: 00:54 GMT, 2 August 2012 The deadly ‘mother cells’ that drive the growth of tumours have been pinpointed for the first time – a breakthrough which could help in the development of a ‘real cure’, scientists say.
In three separate studies on different cancers, researchers have shown the growth and life of a tumour to be dependent on one small group of cells. These cells, known as cancer stem cells, are also thought to fuel the disease’s spread around the body – the most common cause of death in cancer patients. Breast cancer cells: Scientists have pinpointed the cells that encourage the spread of cancer around the body They are believed to be resistant to radiotherapy and chemotherapy and so to be to blame for cancers coming back after treatment.
Rolls Royce Silver Ghost 1911 which comes complete with a champagne holder and picnic basket to sell for £550,000. Named the 'best car in the world' by Autocar a year after being launchedModel was originally owned by Sir Adolph Tuck - the son of Raphael Tuck who made his fortune through the postcard industry By Daily Mail Reporter. Boris on a space station, hanging from a giraffe, and dodging a shark: Mayor of London's hilarious zip line escapade gets the viral treatment from internet pranksters. By Chris Parsons Published: 23:48 GMT, 1 August 2012 | Updated: 06:40 GMT, 2 August 2012 His blundering appearance on a zip line over Victoria Park immediately swept across Twitter, so it was only a matter of time before Boris Johnson's latest stunt went viral.
The Mayor of London had appeared yesterday on a zip line in central London, only for the stunt to backfire when he became stranded in mid-air above bemused onlookers. And as with any eye-catching news picture which captures the internet's imagination, it wasn't long before the dangling mayor had been subjected to some serious Photoshop work. Just for the giggles...scroll down for video. India's blackout that hit 600 million people is fixed..but how could a superpower run out of power? About 620 million people were left without electricity after India's northern, eastern and north-eastern grids failed yesterday afternoonPower minister Veerappa Moily: Investigation into the crisis had been launched and he did not want to point fingers or speculate about the causeAnalyst predict that unless there is a huge investment in the energy sector, the country will see many more power failures West Bengal: Hundreds of miners trapped underground when the lifts failedDelhi: Metro services were stopped temporarily in the capital and hundreds of trains were held up nationwide.
The 1,300 year old Mayan prince found in his tomb surrounded by lavish gifts. Italian villa: The once palatial rustic retreats from the Renaissance that now lie abandoned. The camera never lies: Amateur models pose and pout in mirrors for the world's worst 'self-taken shots' Julie Aftab: Tears of Pakistani woman who earned U.S. citizenship after being burned in religious acid attack. Couple stoned to death for adultery in Mali 'approved of their punishment' The CN Tower is struck by lightning in ferocious storm in Toronto. Lightning never (just) strikes twice: Spectacular photo shows CN Tower in storm that hit city with 1,000 bolts every two minutes.
'First ever photo' featuring French field and dating from 1826. The mummy unmasked: Medical scans give amazing images of ancient Egyptians. A very violent whirlpool: Scientists reveal the spiral galaxy that has seen TWO supernovae in the last 30 years. Lou Xiaoying: Story of Chinese woman who saved 30 abandoned babies dumped in the street with the trash. Archaeologists find priceless pot of gold in 13th century castle of Richard The Lionhart and Crusaders... and there may be more. Amazing photographs captures worlds largest lava lake and 'firework eruptions' on active volcanoes.
Journey to the centre of the volcano... Brave photographer takes trip into the heart of a dormant beast to photograph stunning colours left behind by the lava. Cosmic 'cough' - or something more? Pulsar star changes its beat - leaving astronomers puzzled over space beacon. Knight Capital: Stock exchange glitch cost U.S. trading firm $440m in just a few minutes and could lead to its bankruptcy. Knight Capital: Panic on Wall Street as computer glitch sparks surge in trading.